PelicanPlatform pelican up to 7.21.4/7.22.2/7.23.2/7.24.1 Web User Interface authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PelicanPlatform pelican up to 7.21.4/7.22.2/7.23.2/7.24.1. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web User Interface. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-42571. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PelicanPlatform pelican up to 7.21.4/7.22.2/7.23.2/7.24.1. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Web User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Pelican is a platform for creating data federations. From versions 7.21.0 to before 7.21.5, 7.22.0 to before 7.22.3, 7.23.0 to before 7.23.3, and 7.24.0 to before 7.24.2, there is a a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Pelican's Web User Interface (WebUI). This attack allows any user authenticated to the WebUI via OAuth to gain admin privileges under certain configurations. This issue has been patched in versions 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3, and 7.24.2.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-42571 since 04/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 7.21.5, 7.22.3, 7.23.3 or 7.24.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7f73b9c3e677a0ae4a0ec465c5d98bb8bd948854 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• PelicanPlatform

Name

• pelican

Version

• 7.21.0
• 7.21.1
• 7.21.2
• 7.21.3
• 7.21.4
• 7.22.0
• 7.22.1
• 7.22.2
• 7.23.0
• 7.23.1
• 7.23.2
• 7.24.0
• 7.24.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/PelicanPlatform/pelican/

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